Telegram-herald., 1887-03-09

proersss sf the c4ss. ~fnls = aot tie case
II cssisning woman tAkinS
nlza ialo ksr toils. baE
II . pssor eonndias girls
% sssks nsr his via aad thea without as
szoiag any rsAsoa thsreEoF casts hsr aside
LIE . mere pisyfhlnx whsa al .na0cent
AL artless wo1aan hke MIS- 10mDkIas has
been iesfs1 al snsze~Msnf slth a man
and then affer tso yss<s ol patient sslliag
nnds hsrsslf disc<ra-d and TIE o4t of al
slls and gossip. she cannot Asye her dis
grace healed % Iasfe money consideration,
yet = - tbe Only ssen1e opzn % ner 70 gain
IusIsee- 3lF. Reeves msfe this woman ths
slctInl Of his he2rtlassness and hIs sisDder.
| have kn0~n Jack Reeves for years, oQt
dldnt iced the doctors 70 tel se he was
ssek- l knes Il, sut Il remained for the
learned Dhysiciss Ia tel Is the aiimeut-
Or. DsCamp sad that "a wss functiOnary
trouble Of the heart. 1 al
says knew that the troable
existed in that region. Have any Of you
taken the pains 10 and 00t what Was the
outcome OF that disease, II you hayent 1
siu tel you. IEs corruption" lie cen
surei Reeves for not going "a Batavia and
asking for a release from the engagement il
be was sick. and charged that Mr. Reeves
Was effected With lOathsome disease. Mr..
AaAer objected, ss no such testimony had
been brought out. the Judge sustained the
objection. and Mr. Fletcher stated that such
was the impression conveyed by the testi-
mony OF Mr.. felker. on bis mind and he
thought on the minds Of the people Mr..
Fletcher gave notice Of al objection 70 the
Courts ruling, and Proceeded. Gross
brutality OF slanderer," "A man hack
neyed ia the path of vice, "a charge 50
foul, a man whose mind Is i'm
pregnated with associations OF vice
and avarice, were a lev OF the pet
references ne made 20 Mr.. Reeves.
You have duty 10 perform and the eyes
OF the public are on you, and your yerdic,
viii regulate the moral standing Of the
community You must not give it out that
a man can trifie with the law, the honor.
the conhd.ng nature of a woman. because
be IS rieo. You have both the question ot
exemplary and actual damages TO consider
he declared Reeves testimony unworthy of
credsnce. and warming up 10 his subject
said As the age OF . woman increases her
chances Of marriage decrease; in fact.
woman at Miss Tompkins period Of life
finds herself ruined and her prospects in lie
blighted by being made the laughing stock
of the community. We hear every day ver-
diets for plaintiffs in cases of negligence.
yet l win guarantee that there IS not
woman IN the country but
would sooner lose an arm or limb or have
her body MANNED, than q have her pros
poets IA life ruined by being PLACED the
position Miss Tompkins was by this cool.
calculating villain. Injuries to the mind
are as bad rs injuries 10 the body, and take
as long, ii nOt longer. 10 heal" with
per tears filed with eyes, said DIR
Fletcher. becoming rat,lei, (which she
could mol restrain, Miss Tompkius tried to
explain % you her feelings when she recejv-
ed that cruel letter of January 81 but she
c)uldnt do herself justice .hrough her emo
tion and her dcspair. g. she sat alone in
her room brOoiing over the letter which he
50 cruelty sent her. Should you ren-
der verdict reducing him 10 pow
erty you coald not recompenss her
for her suffering There is nothing
in this case calling for ciemency The
honor of the state is a. sake. IL has been
Whispered OF the frs. that this Jury"
oolected 10 by Mr.. Maher and sustained by
the court. cutting off the interesting speech.
He appealed 10 the jury as fathers and hus-
bands and said that verdict for the full
amount of damages would give them the
ned the ''heartlcss libertine' for bringing
this poor woman into disgrace.
Mr. Maher opened the argument for the
defense by s1yin5 that 1t was easy for
ingenious counsel to work himself into a
passion and appeal TO the sympathy OF a
jury. lie did not propose, however. 10 do
50, but would stick 10 the testimony
II the cass. He set forth the disparity
in the agss of the parties 70 the
suit - she ., he 53 - the fact
that he had large family on his hands,
and asked If IN the eyes Of the world an a,
lance between such parties would not be
lo0Sed on as pecuniary speculation 1T
was not case OF love at first sight, for Ger
tsinly Andrew J. Reeves is not a specimen
OF manly beauty He outlined the first
visit. the correspondence. and said tha, the
only thing they had or would say agains'
the girl was that she had been influenced by
outsiders with mercenary motives. She
has been referred 10 as q coy young maid
co. an innocent girl, n modest maiden
etc. yet does the testimony snow IT. She
couldn't tell the most importsnt epoch Of
her lite. when she was engaged She told
YOU on the witness stand that II Was in
September, then corrected herself and said
IL was July, while the letters show that
il was in September. Would1't
woman be likely u remember the
time she promised 70 become the wife OF
one she claimed 70 love- Mr.. Mlber an
slyE@t the letters pretty thoroughly. showed
4 cyldnsss o. the part Of DebOra1. The Iart
thst the Flnz was never ackn0 Sied.,ei and
the signature 'yOur friend. g her epistles
aitsr ths time she claimed the engagement
Wa made. Gr Reeves stands 10 a ba1
position here. as yOa simply have his state
ment against those OF three women The
plaintiff. hsr mother and her sister-out the
letters test show their rcIati01snio. li
vs. not aatii September that The woman
addressed 1im af bis Christisu name when
soc Er.es Ny Dear Andrew. thls after
tlsT hal been correspond * q vssr aud
n htiL Tue point r4isei hF the TELzFsssI-
HEztED ssst sunday relative - the post-
poasment q The welding in Novsmbsr.
was dvsit on AZ length sr1
- the hgb of the wheel in
waich are many sroSes The alliance be
tween You snsi old age ne said created
far more talk and comment than the oTesk-
ing OF u the engagement. ~8ca ailis tres
are always looked upon a. marriages solely
for money. devoid 0f love Nl Maher
carefully reviewed the letters. pointed out
numerous disc epences between tha
p aintifs testimony ard the letters and
showed concigsivelY that the Dscsrn ber
postporement a. veil a. those ia Novara-
Der were at the request snd dic.stion of ths
piainiF
AZ O'ciock G. Chase Goodwin began the
CLOSING az the argument for the defense
He stid this has become e suit far dollars
Is has heen impossible f1r IL 10 propsriT
cross-1rlsstio1 The piainiiT on scooaus of
her tears. Tears sbouid have no ws.kh
vith this i1ry a. they srs woman orlv re-
hef from trouble OF vsxatiou This 1uan
va not gifhout her exparieri.se ID ne
world she hsi undoubtedly 8ften thought
ot marriage. ous she vas = drag on fae
1a-ksf She asa no great prom 80 fr nfe.
s1@ As a 1eiuer n her sisfers sh1r bad